harvest-bugn.
A minute mite or acarid troublesome during harvest; also called harvester n. 2, harvest-louse n., harvest-mite n., harvest-tick n. at harvest n. Compounds 2. That common in England is a larval form of Tetranychus (Leptus) autumnalis; those in the U.S. are species of Tetranychus and Trombidium.
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wheal-worm1648
harvest-bug1768
harvest-louse1775
gooseberry-louse1856
harvest-mite1874
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red spider1646
harvest-bug1768
harvest-louse1775
gooseberry-louse1856
red mite1871
harvest-mite1874
harvest-tick1886
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 284 The flea and the gnat regale on his blood, the harvest-bug burrows in his flesh.
1771 G. White Let. 30 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 90 This animal (which we call an harvest bug) is very minute..of a bright scarlet colour.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. vi. vi. 305 The wound of the Harvest bug occasions an acute burning and insupportable itching.
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